I’ve always been scared of the dentist because my mum died at 34 from throat cancer

Angie Barlow

She said she became reclusive because of her embarrassment, adding: “I just feel so self-conscious that I don’t go anywhere really. Even going in the shop, I feel embarrassed.

“They’d be like, nudge, nudge, look at her, you know.

“Even in front of my son I’m embarrassed to sit and have a conversation with him.”

Dr Serpil Djemal, consultant and clinical lead at Kings College Hospital, said: “It’s probably one of the worst cases I’ve seen and certainly one of the worse cases of desperation, to superglue a tooth back in the mouth.”

And in one cringe-worthy moment Angie pulls out her front teeth complete with superglue filler to the astonishment of private dentist Kailesh Salenki.

He said: “Really that’s a denture. She’s made herself a denture out of superglue, calculus…just having that out her mouth is going to make her mouth feel so much better.”

During the operation 11 of Angie’s top teeth were extracted and six titanium screws were inserted into her jaw with 12 new teeth permanently attached.

After the operation she said she felt ‘wonderful’. “I feel amazing.

“There are no hands over my mouth or embarrassment, and people have really noticed a difference in me. My friends say I’m much more outgoing.”

Angie’s story features in a BBC two-part series called ‘The Truth About Your Teeth ‘due to be broadcast at 9pm on Thursday June 4 and 11.